And when Rome falls, the world....

So said Lord Byron.. or LB as his crew called him back in the day. In the morning we are off for a week in Rome, the eternal city; a place long on my 'bucket list'.

I doubt I'll be able to post from Italy, but I will take notes to share upon return. In 2005 we watched Katrina unfold from my father in law's home in  the Lake District of England and it was quite a vantage point. It will be interesting to see what sort of take I can get on our election from a Roman perspective.

 We're back on the 29th, until then: 

Ciao baby!

A couple Of Shots

The bust out continues: we really are the folks left holding the bag as Bushie and his pals slip out of town with their ill gotten loot. Just in case you needed a review of reasons not to vote for McPalin; here is a short list:

The truth is not in them. As was once said about Tricky Dick, these people lie when the truth would do just as well. They even lied about Nan Nookie giving her convention speech with a broken TelePrompTer, when reporters who were RIGHT THERE could see it working plain as day.

The guy who was one of the chief designers of the deregulation scheme that has resulted in our complete meltdown is McJohnBoi's "guru" on economics. McCain saying he will "clean up wall street" is like Rick James saying he will "put a stop to all this ho-ing and crack smokin'". Sure thing, and pass me the fucking pipe.

Sarah Paleface literally has less foreign policy experience than my left nut. My balls have spent more time abroad than she has, and had I only tea bagged Henry Kissinger I would be a shoo in for Secretary Of State in a McShitty administration.

Lastly, this is a serious time, and we are all going to need a dose of hope and a shot or two of promise to pull through. Obama offers that possibility. All John and Sarah offer is another dose of the same bad medicine we've had to stomach for 8 years. I'll take hope with a whiskey chaser thank you very fucking much.

I Told You This Was Enron

And now we're in the end state. Free fall. Your pension is worthless, your real estate is upside down. You in a word, are fucked Buba. And yet this country just might elect Grandpa Snoozy and the Meth Queen of the North? I swear there ain't no cure for stupid.

Inquiring Minds.....

So it's come to this: I found myself in the checkout lane at the market yesterday avidly reading the following vital info from what now seems to be a credible political journal:

Meanwhile, as members of the Palin family’s war viciously over “Trooper-Gate” and claims of Sarah’s extramarital affair have turned the political race into a chaotic arena of threats, denials and vicious attacks by political black ops, The ENQUIRER has discovered shocking new details about the red-hot affair scandal!

BTW: I have a few questions about things: Give McNuttys performance at the Cameltoe Church thing and his selection of the  CLILF  ( Church Lady I'd....) ...which church is it that McCain belongs to? If you want to court the pew crew, shouldn't you spend a little time on your knees without Jimmy Dobsons hind end in your face?

Have you noticed that Sarah can't pronounce nuclear any better that Bushie? That ALONE ought to disqualify anyone. 

Tina Fey was brilliant last night on SNL.

 

This Says It All

Airborne Swine

Some thoughts:

Careful readers may note that I was RIGHT (holy shit!) about telling Obama to use the 'Enough" line more. He nailed it yesterday, and I suspect he may plan to keep it up. No charge 'O' man: just win this fucker will ya? I am still waiting /urging the Dems to use the "zero, nada, nothing" chorus from the Ugly-fest in the mini apple. It's perfect, it's fighting fire with fire, and it sums up exactly whatthat creepy old man offers on the economy and health care issues. Maybe cut a version with the words "bupkis" for use in West Palm.

Since Obama has unleashed the Dems 527's I hope one of them will fund a nice "Same. Old. Lies" spot featuring a snarky pic or two of John and Sarah. Nasty..but THEY ASKED FOR IT IN SPADES.....er no offense meant there .

Speaking of nan-nookie of the north; hey Igloo chick, newsflash: It's not about YOU. It's about us. If we say that your health care plan sucks, we don't mean to imply that you perform fellatio on Rush Limbaugh's tiny dick on a regular basis. ( Although I gotta ask, do you?) If we say that "it's the economy stupid", we don't necessarily mean to say that you are as thick as a frozen moose burger and have an IQ close to the average daily temperature in Alaska in January. And if we mutter something along the lines of: fuck John McCain, we're not suggesting that you have to. (Although you and Cindy in some girl on girl would be a HUGE hit on pay per view.)

Polls look to be leveling out, leaving us where we thought we'd find ourselves all along: R's coming out as they always do, a nasty Rovian campaign underway, and the difference coming down to ground game and execution. So hold on to your jock straps, look out for the next torpedo from the not so swift boat crowd, and fire for effect on the TOTAL lack of anything remotely resembling an idea from the mouths of McNasty and the Frozen Pop Tart.

BTW The day John McCain comes up with a actual economic plan, is the day the sky will be blotted out with flying pigs wearing bright red lipstick.

There Are Somethings You Can't Cover Up With Lipstick And Powder

So here we are children, beginning week two of the "Age Of Sarah". What do we know so far, and what does it mean you ask?

She is in fact very dangerous to Obama for the following reason: She appeals to the built in racial and more importantly class resentments of the so called "low information voter" ( or what I like to call, morons). She is George Wallace in high heels, Spiro Agnew with ta ta's, and George W. in a bustier. And under-informed so called 'wall mart' white women will be attracted to her, and thus to McShitty. The honest fact is that she is more relatable to these folks than Obama can ever be, and that is what they vote based upon. Stupid? Hell yes, but Republicans are very good at playing that cynical bullshit card. Examples: Dubbya as a 'cowboy' when he is a Yale boy who bought a "ranch" a year before he ran for president, and is afraid of horses. And now John McCain with his $500 shoes and too many houses to count and campaign wholly owned by K street, running around with nan nookie of the north like they are Butch and Sundance ready to clean out the bad guys in Washington. Pure bullshit? Well fuck yes bubba, but Americans have a nasty habit of buying BS lock, stock, and barrel. How else to explain the success of Brian Williams...

Anyhow; what should Dems do? First DON"T FUCKING PANIC. Second, tie HER to George Bush every chance we can and hit that over and over. Third, Obama has got to get tighter on the stump: tight bright and concise..I don't care if he just memorizes the lines, but stop with the rambling college professor act. Show some passion, and use the "enough" line every single fucking day. Call them John and Sarah,. it seems to me that there is a sort of creepy old man lech vibe that under-girds some of the dynamic with McCain and Palin, so exploit that, remind voters of that. And then HIT HER IN HER SMUG FACE on choice, choice, choice. She wants to put YOUR daughter in jail if she got raped ( God forbid) and had an abortion. Make the lady pay for the smug every day. Lastly, hit em both over and over with shots from their convention of fat ugly and angy white folks yelling "zero, nada, nothing" to a voice over asking what the McCain economic and health care plan is.

We can beat them, they got thier bounce, we look good in state to state, and our GOTV is strong... BUT our boy has to hit them now and not let up.

PS: Pray that Almighty God blesses the work, and makes fruitful the inquiry of the devoted servants of the Lord at the National Enquirer as they dig for confirmation that sweetie Sarah couldn't keep her knickers on with her snowbilly husbands former business partner.